> From: Brian Elmegaard <b...@mek.dtu.dk> > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:16:42 +0100 > > I finally found the way to remove a small annoyance in emacs 24. I > constantly have a few seconds delay when opening files, compiling, and > other file operations. > > It seems that this is caused by some network interaction and it can be > removed by stopping the Netlogon service. This is explained in detail > on: http://www.hydrus.org.uk/journal/emacs-netlogon.html > > I would like to understand why Emacs has this problem/feature? I don't > experience it in any other programs.
Emacs logs on to a network drive the first time it is used. This is not new in Emacs 24, it was so since 6 years ago. I don't know why this call was added to Emacs; presumably some networked drives fail system calls if the user didn't log into them. Why the Netlogon service makes this so slow, I don't know.
